The End of Kindergarten

 The last few weeks of school were kind of a whirlwind. In part, this was due to the broken arm and the care that required, but the whirlwind was also caused by ALL that was going on from May to June.

This girl ran her very first Fun Run for our school, raising over $200!

 Here she is enjoying a post Fun Run snack with her extraordinarily sweet class and her amazing teacher.

 Here they all again at a field trip. Clem had JUST gotten her cast off and was feeling anxious about walking on the slippery rocks at the beach while protecting that still delicate arm. Hence, the sulky face.

 It took her a bit, but she warmed up. Her buddies kept coming over to show her sea stars and crabs, cool shells and rocks they knew she would like.

 And then she realized that, with her new sandals (thanks Yaya!) she could walk through the creek and that is where she camped out the rest of the day: standing in the middle of the creek.

 A few weeks later, was her end of Kindergarten celebration (NOT graduation) and I worked extremely hard that day to keep it together. I was so proud of myself for not crying when they sang all their touching songs.

 And I even didn't cry when she posed with her awesome teacher with her necklace reading "1st grader."

The next day was the last day of school and I started doing the ugly cry right here at this point (and pretty much carried on the entire day). My girl has grown so so much since we posed for this pic a year ago. We are so so proud of her. She's reading well over a year ahead, she's made lots of new friends, she has learned to stand up for herself and has been loved, loved, loved by her new friends and every adult at our school. It was everything we had hoped a school would be for her and we wouldn't change a thing (except maybe that doozy of a broken arm.)